Oh Pumpkin...

[JDS5607]

Well,

Sully LOVES pumpkin... I gave him raw pumpkin, and he wasn't CRAZY about it, but I also gave him some of the "guts" and he INHALED IT.

SO- I baked the pumkin in the oven for an hour (til it got mushy)

 

And now he can't get enough!!!

Anyone have any pumpkin birdie recipies? I would like to make him some kind of cookie or cake with maybe some seed, and other veggies in as a treat for snack time.

 

Any ideas?

[slmclean]

dids you peel it or just give him the outer stuff to i'm baking one now and i was wondering about the outer skin if it was ok or not.

[judygram]

All this talk of pumpkin is making me want to go out and get one to bake for my fids. I will have to check my cookbook for birds that I bought this summer and see if any of the recipes use pumpkin, will get back to you on that.

[Azzie]

Did a quick internet search for you, and found these for you:

 

http://www.birdloversuncaged.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7427

 

http://www.quakerparrots.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17700

 

Couldn't resist adding this one...parrot birthday cakes!!!

 

http://www.parrotrecipes.com/recipes/cake.php

[JDS5607]

Thanks Azzie & Judy!!

slmclean- I scooped all the stuff out from the middle, cut it in half and baked it at 350ish for an hour. I scooped the flesh out after it had cooled. When I give it to them raw, I just chop it up. I usually don't give them the skin just because it doesn't seem to be chewed well!

[Luvparrots]

My Ana Grey loves to crunch up the skins!!!!

[slmclean]

well chloe loves pumkin buddy not so much.

[judygram]

Well one out of two isn't bad Susan, glad to hear it was Chloe who loved it and its good for her.

[Birdnut]

Wow! All this talk about pumpkins is giving me the notion to go out and get a small one for our fids. There are certainly plenty of them available this time of year.